Tag Archives: Open and obvious danger

Where a defendant was injured when he fell down a grassy hill used to reach a shower building at the defendants’ campground, the defendants owed no duty to protect him against the injury-causing condition of the pathway. Judgment for defendants ...

Where (1) a jury found in favor of a defendant retailer in a negligence suit and (2) the plaintiff has argued on appeal that the trial judge’s jury instructions concerning open and obvious dangers were erroneous and that certain expressions ...

Where a plaintiff was injured when he tripped over a coffee table in a hotel room, the defendant is entitled to summary judgment because the risk of proceeding into a dark hotel room was an open and obvious danger. “… ...

Where (1) the defendant, who believed it was unsafe for him to cut a branch off a tree on his property, asked his plaintiff neighbor (a landscaper) to do so and (2) the plaintiff was injured in the process, the ...

Where a plaintiff who was injured attempting to jump into a swimming pool, a verdict for the defendant property owners must be vacated, as the open and obvious nature of the pool’s danger did not relieve the defendants of their duty of care.

Where a jury returned a verdict for the defendants in a negligence suit resulting from a swimming pool incident, the verdict should be upheld, as the trial judge correctly charged the jury on the “open and obvious danger” rule.